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Exit Poll |
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Sound The Death Knell |
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Postpartum |
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Lights Out For The Riot |
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Calling In Confederate Debts |
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Say What You Are |
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Sinners And Sailors |
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This Is The Future Perfect |
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Landmarks To Postmarks |
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Curtain Calls |
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Although The Holy Shroud formed in the winter of 2003, their accomplishments were halted at two shows and six songs by the intervention of jobs, other bands, early-onset midlife crises, and European vacations. Were it not for the kindly lads in Hot Cross offering them an opening slot on a Canadian tour the following summer, the band’s combination of dissonant, snaking guitars, off-kilter melody, and pummeling rhythmic sensibilities might have been forever lost. With their vigor renewed, The Holy Shroud spent the remainder of 2004 writing, playing and recording the songs that comprise their first record, Ghost Repeaters.
Guitar/vocalists Jim MacAlpine and Michael Catano both did time in the rhythm section of semi-seminal Halifax, NS, quartet North Of America, while young turks Mike Bigelow (bass) and Loel Campbell (drums) were poached from Stellarton, NS, upstarts Contrived. Their collective experience can be witnessed in their live show: a delicate balance of crack musicianship and incendiary performance that has allowed them to share the stage with luminaries such as Q And Not U, Hot Cross, The One AM Radio, The Firebird Band, Tim Hecker, The Organ, and The Arcade Fire.
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Ghost Repeaters was recorded at The Sonic Temple by Darren Van Niekirk, The Ultramagnetic Recording Company by Charles Austin and Graeme Campbell, and The S.S. Explosion by Michael Catano. Mixed by Graeme Campbell. Mastered by J. LaPointe at Archive Mastering.
Norma MacDonald sings on "Calling in Confederate Debts," "Say What You Are," and "Curtain Calls." The S.S. Explosion Chorus (Mark Black, Greg Boone, Paul Hammond and Francesca Tallone) sings on "Curtain Calls."
Photos by Francesca Tallone. Digital wrangling by David Cieplinski. Layout and Design by Atelier TKG.
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